P/2 orbit

English

Noun

P/2 orbit (plural P/2 orbits)

  1. (space flight) A lunar-resonant orbit about the Earth with a period of 1/2 that of the Moon's (P/2 is an orbit that is approximately a fortnight long)

Coordinate terms

(orbits about the Earth)

  • LEO (“low Earth orbit”)
  • MEO (“medium Earth orbit”)
  • HEO (“high Earth orbit”)
  • GEO (“geostationary equatorial Earth orbit”)
  • GTO (“geostationary transfer Earth orbit”)
  • GSO (“geosynchronous Earth orbit”)
  • SSO (“Sun synchronous Earth orbit”)
  • ICO (“intermediate circular Earth orbit”)
  • LTO (“Lunar transfer Earth orbit”)

(general orbits)

  • GEO (“geostationary equatorial orbit”)
  • GTO (“geostationary transfer orbit”)
  • GSO (“geosynchronous orbit”)
  • SSO (“Sun synchronous orbit”)
  • ICO (“intermediate circular orbit”)
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